Home COVID-19 Info  UPD Initiatives   Donate   Hotlines  Bulletin Advisories   UP Memos   Learn Online 

Home COVID-19 Info  UPD Initiatives   Donate   Hotlines  Bulletin Advisories   UP Memos   Learn Online 

Home COVID-19 Info  UPD Initiatives   Donate   Hotlines  Bulletin Advisories   UP Memos   Learn Online 

Dear Members of the UP Diliman Community,   The novel coronavirus has given me an unusual welcome at the start of my term as Chancellor. Within a week, I had to form the UPD COVID-19 Task Force, composed of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, University Health Service personnel, students, staff and faculty from the different disciplines to plan and carry out our university’s community response to the pandemic. The Task Force has been monitoring the COVID-19 situation in Diliman, coordinating with the LGU (local government unit) and barangay health officials, attending to the needs of residents, students and other personnel stranded in the…

Home COVID-19 Info  UPD Initiatives   Donate   Hotlines  Bulletin Advisories   UP Memos   Learn Online 

(APR. 28)—UP Diliman’s (UPD) unfaltering spirit soldiers on, supporting the country combat COVID-19, as the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) is extended to May 15 in high-risk areas and placed low-risk areas under General Community Quarantine starting May 1. Infomats. To assist the public, especially children, to better understand the COVID-19 pandemic and provide tips on how to cope, the College of Education (CEd) produced information materials and posted these on their Facebook page. “Beat COVID-19,” (bit.ly/fbupcedmothertonguecovid) an infographic on how to avoid the spread of the virus in various…

(APR. 28)—Former UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) professor Randolf M. Bustamante passed away on Apr. 19. He was 49. Bustamante was a writer, poet, editor and translator who taught writing and humanities courses at UP and Ateneo de Manila University in the 1990s. According to the UP Gazette (Vol. XXXL No. 1), Bustamante was appointed as assistant professor at the UP Institute of Creative Writing effective Feb. 17, 2000. He later went to the US for a doctoral fellowship in Theology and Education, and taught writing courses at Boston…

(APR. 24) — In an unprecedented move, the UP Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) will conduct its search for the next CSSP Dean completely online, beginning with its Call for Nominations today, Apr. 24 until May 6. According to the Search Committee for the Next CSSP Dean, the move was made because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting nationwide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), which has again been extended to May15 in selected areas. The term of Prof. Maria Bernadette L. Abrera, PhD, current CSSP dean, ends in July….

(APR. 17) – News of the extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) until Apr. 30 has drawn mixed emotions from most people in the country.  For UP Diliman (UPD) and its stakeholders, this meant intensely keeping its drive to assist the community, frontliners and the general public. Assistance. The UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights posted on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/upinstituteofhumanrights/) the “Q&A Bayanihan To Heal as One Act” to better inform the public about RA11469 and on the COVID-19 Emergency Powers on Mar. 24.  The Q&A was in English and Filipino and in the succeeding days,…

Visit: Online Portal of University of the Philippines COVID-19 News and Information This portal serves as a compilation of verified information and resource materials on UP’s actions during this public health situation. Please bookmark and refresh this page to get the latest updates on UP’s response to COVID-19. Share this site and help us prevent the spread of misinformation. Thank you.